As you can see from earlier posts I have a Motorola Droid 2 Global. And I can't wait for November when I'll be eligible for an upgrade! I'm sooooo gonna switch to another phone, yet another manufacturer!!
I used to have Motorola phones before (StarTac (yeah, I'm old aren't I), v50, v600) and they were full with stupid, mainly usability issues. I swore I was not gonna buy another Motorola one, and yet I did it again. They do design good looking phones... I give 'em that much!
My suggestions is to look up these terms and get familiar with them! ASAP!
If my phone is downloading and installing an app, why wouldn't anything else be working?
If my phone is busy doing anything why wouldn't it respond to any user interactions?
Yeah, fundamental questions and yet they happen all the time. I have the idea that a) prioritizing running processes/tasks is not possible in Android OS, or b) they just didn't care and run everything on the same priority. But if the user would like to do anything, than leave other stuff and get busy! Why shouldn't I be able to write a text message, while Angry Birds is being updated? Why shouldn't the on screen keyboard react to my typing while the phone is busy getting the contact image from the local cache, LinkedIn, Facebook or any other source! If I chose to send him/her a text I probably know who she/he is, and the picture wouldn't help much. And probably not my top priority. My top priority is to figure out if I mistyped anything. But usually I'm done with the first 2-3 words by the time the keyboard shows them (little popup of the letter), vibrates and puts them in the text box... Nice design, now innit?
My other hope is that by the end of the year Sony comes up with something good and they sign up with Verizon, too! The only phone I loved from the ones I had was the Sony Ericsson W910i. Ah man, that was a great phone!
What Verizon addons?
ReplyDeleteAndroid phones come w/ manufacturer and retailer customization. Like Motorola phones have the Motorola look and feel on top of Android. If you buy it through Verizon, you'll get pre-installed apps (like the subscription based Verizon Navigator, that you'll never be using, 'cause you get the same, yet better thing from Google for free) put on the phone by your provider, that you can't even remove.
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